Another side of Mabe is her work as a devoted Elvisologist. She is the curator/proprietor of the Panoramic Encyclopedia of Everything Elvis that showcases her collection of over 30,000 Elvis-related items including a wart removed from the King’s right wrist in 1958. Yes, really.
She houses this Elvis pilgrimage site in her great-grandparents' former three-story home that became her grandmother’s boardinghouse, then listed on the National Register of Historic Places after she and her father lovingly restored it. The house features exhibits related to the history of her family and the community, and some paranormal activity unrelated to Elvis (or is it?).
Looking Back at 2024
Thanks to individual contributions, our 2024 docs,
Saving the Chattahoochee (co-sponsored by Georgia Humanities and University of Georgia Special Collections) and
Just Another Bombing? made over 30 rounds of theater/library/classroom screenings as well as broadcasts on public television. If you missed seeing them in public, you can now find links to them and other films at
hjacobscreative.com.
Contributions from "Viewers Like You"
If you appreciate the way we tell stories (described as “lo-fi, thoughtful boutique affairs that keep it local while exploring big ideas” by Candice Dyer in the Atlanta Constitution), please consider a contribution.
Our shoestring budget mostly goes towards paying others involved in the process — musicians, editors, sound designers, colorists, drone pilots, etc. — and also delivering the film pro bono to Georgia public television.
If you’d like to go along on this creative journey with us, your help will be noted in the film’s credits.
We’ll also keep you updated with news about a film premiere happening in late spring 2025.
We’re happy to announce that David Kirkpatrick, executive producer on Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid!, has already signed on in a similar role for “Big Cat of Georgia.”
Contributions can go here or straight to
PayPal or
Venmo or Zelle (haljacobs@gmail.com).
UPDATE (11/25/2024): Thanks to funds raised here and contributions outside of Indiegogo, we've reached the $7,500 mark, half of our total fundraising goal.
Best,
-Hal
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Since 2014, HJacobsCreative has produced four feature-length documentaries and numerous short docs which have been broadcast on Georgia public television stations and screened in theaters, libraries, classrooms and film festivals. We also produce videos for nonprofits and arts groups — please contact us if you have a project in mind.